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Military service
Service number:
701058
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
43rd Battalion
Birth:
November 3, 1887
Death:
June 3, 1919
Kitchener, Ontario
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Lot 69. North-East half.
Additional information
Son of Samuel and Margaret Matthews.
His brother John Carlyle Matthews died of wounds on November 2, 1918 while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment) and he is buried at Auberchicourt British Cemetery.
Digital gallery of Private Murray Alvin Matthews
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Family photo
Carlyle is the 15 year old on the left back and his older brother, Murray Alvin, is on the back right. Wallace is the youngest standing in the middle between Sam and Margaret. Eva is their only daughter in the back and Donald is sitting in front -
Grave marker
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Cemetery
Entrance - Harrison Public Cemetery - September 2017 ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Harrison Public Cemetery - September 2017 ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Murray Alvin Matthews
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Photo of Murray Alvin Matthews
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101st Battalion, B Company, 8th Platoon
101st Battalion, B Company, 8th Platoon -
Cemetery
Harrison Public Cemetery - September 2017 ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Murray Alvin Matthews
Digital gallery of
Private Murray Alvin Matthews
Digital gallery of
Private Murray Alvin Matthews
Digital gallery of
Private Murray Alvin Matthews
Digital gallery of
Private Murray Alvin Matthews
Digital gallery of
Private Murray Alvin Matthews
Digital gallery of
Private Murray Alvin Matthews
Digital gallery of
Private Murray Alvin Matthews
Digital gallery of
Private Murray Alvin Matthews
HARRISTON PUBLIC CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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